AWE Media Sierra Leone

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Heightened efforts on response by traditional leaders and healers in the Northern region since the Government of Sierra Leone through the National Coronavirus Emergency Response Center (NaCOVERC) and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation initiated a nationwide 10-day vaccination surge has been reported by District Coronavirus Emergency Response Centers (DiCOVERCs), health workers and others interviewed by this writer to have been meaningful letting many people turned out for the vaccine. Civil Society and Human Rights Activist John Banato Sesay the Chairman of Citizens Rights (a Civil Society organization) when interviewed said Traditional Leaders and Healers have been supportive to both DiCOVERCs and the District Health Management Teams-(DHMTs) leading to the increase in the number of vaccinated persons. "I have noted the role of Traditional Leaders and Healers on awareness raising, taking leadership of the vaccine roll out to help kick against the po...